The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

